- Author
- Bruck, D. | Ball, M.
- Title
- Sleep and Fire: Who is at Risk and Can the Risk be Reduced?
- Coporate
- Victoria Univ., Melbourne, Australia
- Book or Conf
- Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 37-51 p., 2005
- Keywords
- fire research | fire safety | fire science | sleep | fire alarm systems | smoke detectors | human behavior | alcohol | fire statistics | fire fatalities | death | adults | children | auditory perception
- Identifiers
- response patterns; percentage of fatalities according to fire origin in different rooms, by condition before death; fire fatalities when asleep: impaired and unimpaired; age of victim according to whether awake or asleep at time of fire; summary of details from articles on arousal to smoke alarms in adults; auditory arousal thresholds in children and young adults; number of children who did or did not awaken to different alarm signals